Exam question 2 · Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4…
At what point in the narrative does the Manticora request permission to re-enter his own page?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: point, permission · What happens: do, page
This is exam question 2 of lesson 636 «Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4: the Dragon goes back into his picture, and the island that spun the wrong way gives Rotundia its wrong-sized animals» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 does | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 narrative | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 narrative | det |
| 6 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 point | nmod |
| 7 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 permission | det |
| 9 | Manticora | Manticora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 permission | compound |
| 10 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 permission | compound |
| 11 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 re-enter | case |
| 13 | re-enter | re-enter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 permission | nmod |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 page | nmod:poss |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 page | amod |
| 16 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | point in the narrative | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | page | permission | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Right after the Dragon is gone and the King has asked a question of him
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | ADV | _ | 6 gone | advmod |
| 2 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 gone | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Dragon | det |
| 4 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gone | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | cop |
| 6 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 question | csubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 asked | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 asked | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 asked | aux |
| 11 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 question | amod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 question | det |
| 13 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 question | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Dragon | gone, right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present · perfect | the King | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | question | King | nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
After the King enquires where he would like to live and the Dragon leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 King | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 enquires | obl |
| 4 | enquires | enquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 like | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 like | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 like | aux |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 enquires | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 live | mark |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 like | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 leaves | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Dragon | det |
| 13 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 leaves | nsubj |
| 14 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 live | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enquire speech: other | present | after the King | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | like | would | King | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | live not said to happen | to-infinitive | King not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | leave | present | the Dragon | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
After the King enquires where he would like to live
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 King | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 enquires | obl |
| 4 | enquires | enquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 like | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 like | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 like | aux |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 enquires | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 live | mark |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 like | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enquire speech: other | present | after the King | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | like | would | King | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | live not said to happen | to-infinitive | King not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
After the Dragon has been sent back in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 sent | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dragon | det |
| 3 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 sent | aux:pass |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 sent | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send back | present · perfect · passive | the Dragon | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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